Taliban reaches Kabul’s outskirts, gains control of two more provinces

US scrambles to evacuate diplomatic staff and destroy "sensitive documents"

Rescue work continues in Afghanistan as earthquake injury toll rises above 1,500

Iran was the first country to send relief aid, while the UN aid organization OCHA is additionally set to deploy response teams to the affected areas

Iran dispatches humanitarian aid to earthquake-struck Afghanistan

Over 1,000 people were killed by an earthquake that hit Afghanistan earlier in the day

Hundreds dead after earthquake hits Afghanistan

Ahead of the natural disaster, Afghanistan was already experiencing an acute humanitarian disaster as a result of a US-led economic blockade